Behind the scenes on the new Call the Midwife Christmas Special: Dr Turner gets back to baby holding! ❤️❤️❤️👶👶👶
The filming of this current festive episode has marked a moving return to business for our cast. The easing of the toughest pandemic restrictions after two long years has meant that our cast are now able to interact more freely once again. This has been a real joy for our team - but none more so than for our own Dr Turner, actor Stephen McGann, who can now return to his favourite on-set hobby: meeting and holding our adorable newborns!!
During the pandemic there have rightly been tough restrictions placed on close contact with our infants, for fear of virus spread. One of the consequences of this was that our cast couldn't work directly with the newborn babies. This was a real challenge for a birth drama like ours, but one we faced, like others, as a medical necessity. For two years we've had to radically change the way we filmed births - and our cast had to adjust technically to the greater distances involved.
So when we finally had our first birth scene to film in this episode, Stephen took the opportunity to meet his first young star in two years - and our Director of Photography Toby Moore sneaked this shot of that moment. ❤️❤️❤️
Want to ask Stephen about this, and about other Call The Midwife matters? Well you can! Stephen will be appearing with leading cast and team at a special live Call the midwife session in the forthcoming BFI/Radio Times TV Festival at London's South Bank next Sunday, May 22nd! The event takes place at 2pm. Go here to find out more and to book your place:
https://bit.ly/36ftUMS
Call the Midwife returns with a new Christmas Special and Series 12 in 2023 xx
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